ISLAMABAD: Sialkot police have arrested 33 more primary suspects involved in the lynching of 49-year-old Sri Lankan factory manager Priyantha Kumara in the city.
Police Investigator Tariq Mahmood said the 33 suspects will be presented in the anti-terrorism court Gujranwala today to obtain their physical remand. He said the remand of 52 suspects had already been obtained from the court.
A mob comprising hundreds of protesters, including the employees of the Rajco Industries, where Kumara was the manager, had tortured him to death on December 3 and later burnt his body.
The brutal killing drew widespread condemnation from political circles and human rights bodies.
A first information report was registered against 900 workers of Rajco Industries on the application of Uggoki Station House Officer Armaghan Maqt under sections 302, 297, 201, 427, 431, 157, 149 of the Pakistan Penal Code and 7 and 11WW of the Anti-Terrorism Act.
As many as 85 suspects have been arrested in connection with the case so far, he added.
‘Horrific vigilante attack’
The incident saw widespread outrage and condemnation across Pakistan with politicians, scholars and civil society members calling for swift punishment to be meted out to the perpetrators.
